New Zealand soldier plays at local event

11:31 PM,
Jul. 13, 2013

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It is a pretty incongruous sight to look up at the scoreboard at the Hattiesburg Country Club and see the words Dunedin, New Zealand, as the hometown for one of the players at the Magnolia Amateur tournament.

However, that is the case for Roy McLean, a New Zealand Army sergeant who spends his extended furlough time playing golf in the United States.

"I played in the Spirit of America tournament last weekend at Decatur, Ala., saw this event on the calendar and decided to come down," said McLean, who says he is a 1-handicap. "I'd never been to Mississippi before, so I drove down here from Alabama." ...